Resilient tire and filling therefor



J. STANDER.

RESILIENT TIRE AND FILLING THEREFOR.

AIPLICA ION FILED MAY 12 I Patented June 15,1920.

FFICB JACOB SEANDEB, OEBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

nnsrmnmg 'rI-nn nn FILLING THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. PatiitedJune 15, 1920..

Application filed May 12, 19.19. Serial N0. 296,287.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JACOB-STANDER, a cit zen of the United States, res ding atBrooklyn, in the county of Kings. and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Resilient Tires and Filling Therefor, of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to a new and improved resilient tire and a filling therefor.

Pneumati tires, as is el kn wn, onsis of} an; outer shoe or cover made of considerable strength and stiffness, which incloses and protects an inner tube made of rubber, which is inflated with air at a suitable pressure, sufficient to take up the weight of the vehicle.

Pneumatic tires are subject to many defects, such as blow-outs and the like, and numerous tires haveheen, proposed to obviate he e d of hei ner ir t be.

Such ttempts. have hitherto not met with real Success because the tires so produced a o een suffic ently e i en ast c to ab t m t beu ed f veh cles w h are intended to go at theordinary speeds of a plea u utomobile ndt y d not take upt e sho ks ith t e sam efl 'c n yw a pneumati v ires-.. Whene me al parts. w r inc rp ated i t these ires, h y p e i y ga e Way beca se he. api ucc s sion of shocks, to which they were sublected in the ord nary u e 01. the Wheel a a t mobile produced what is known as fatigue f Ins i l,w Q ha hese me al pa 76 0? rated nd rapid y roke r ec me us less,

According, to my invention, an improved tire is produced whi it has all the resiliency and l s i i y f the o d n ry p e ma i ire an s n ne Q15 t e d fe ts' er of, sav hat, of o r e, the over o shoe s oun to wear out in'time. v V Ot e Qbi ctso my n n n will e shown in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof;

Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of a wheel to which my improved tire has beenapplied, and is partially in section.

Fig. 2 is a section along the l ne 22 of Fi l in the direction of the arrows.

liig. 3is a perspective view of one ofthefiller sections, r Fig. 4, is an elevation of one of the spr ngs inserted in eaclr filler section;

The wheel of the automobile has the ordinary spokes 1, felly 2 provided with the usual rim, 3 for the beads 9 ofthe shoe or cover 4, which is -'of the ordinary well known type, and requires no further description. Any means of securing the cover to the felly may be provided and used asmy invention is neither directed nor limited to these points. s

Instead of having the ordinary inner tube, the shoe is filled with, .a; series of perforated sections 5, having coil springs 8 located in their perforations 6.- These sections 5. are

preferably cylindrical and, made of pure vulcanized rubber which is extremely resilient. The springs 8 havetheir coils made so stiff that they are substantially-nonryieldable in a direction at right anglesto. the axis of each coil 8, which substantially coincides with the axis of the filler section 5 in which the coil spring 8 is located. Of'course, the yielding of the coils of spring. 8. depends upon the weight of the automobile-and the load it carries and these coils, 8. are designed with respect to the loads they are intended to carry. The coils. 8 may fit tightly in pen foration 6. f v

To fill the shoe 4:, the beads 9 are forced apart and the filler sections 5. eachhaving a coil spring 8 in its bore 6 are thrust one by one into the. shoe 4, until when the. last one is squeezed in. with considerable force, the entire shoe is filled with the sections 5 as shown in Fig. 1 While there are preferably no connections orsecuringmeans between the various sections 5, there is considerable v frictional holdbetween their adjacent faces so that various sections resist any attempt to move any one of them out of line. i

The coil springs 8 preventthe sections 5 from collapsing so as to close the bores 6 when the loadis applied, so that a continuous inner vein of air always exists in the communicating bores 6 of the sections 5, which materially assists. in, preventing the tire from becoming overheated. I The operationof this, tire is As the cvlindrieal sections 5 are forced into place, they assume an arcuate form, the portions adjacent the folly of the wheel be, coming compressed jacent the periphery of the tire becoming exas follows z-e c and the portions ad j tended since the sections can resist shearing V assembled without any distortion, it is pref:

enable the t b Laid erable to cut them in the shape shown in Fig. 3 so that they do become distorted when forced into the cover 4 and assume the, .configurations shown in Fig. 1. Since the longitudinal elements of the sections 5 are straight lines, they are of zero curvature and hence their curvature is less thanthat of the circumferential elements of the shoe.

As a result of this distortion, the adjacent faces of the sections 6 are forced into contact with each other in the region between the bores 6 and the felly, the pressure between the adjacent faces being greatest on the line nearest'the felly.

The coil springs 8 also are bent into an arcuate form as is clearly shown in Fig. l andthey also have the tendency to assume the normal straight line configuration shown in Fig. 4. V

When therefore the load is taken up by the peripheral part of the sectional sections whichfare lowermost in the wheel, the first effect of the load is to straighten out the outer half or halves of the sections which are in a' condition of tension and are not 1 pressed against each other with any great force, so that there is room ment and distortion.

As the wheel revolvesand each section moves from the lowermost position to a position away from the point of contact with the ground, the coil springs Scause-it to position shown in Fig. 1 to portray the upper half absolutely free from the for free movewhich is supposed of the tire that is load.

Inthis manner, as the wheel 1'otates, there is no relative movement of the section with respect to the shoe and hence no internal heat is generated.

If the tire encounters a small stone or the like, when the wheel is rotating quite rapidly, the shock is largely taken up by a relative distortion of the peripheral part of the adjacent filler section, which is under tension as before explained, so that the shock is naturally taken up by the resiliency and relative inner movements and distorw of th tions ofthe tire itself, exactly as in a pneumatic tire, and without communicating the full shock to the driving mechanism and passengers in the vehicle.

' The coil springs 8 prevent'the sections 5 collapsing, which is highly desirable for producing the free relative distortions e various sections 5 as before described.

If desired, other Ways for securing the sections 5 to the felly of a wheel can be used as my invention is not limited to the specific device of a shoe or coverand generally speaking, while I ha've shown a pre ferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to its details.

Thorough tests'have shown that on light passenger cars the above described tire is filler can be used for a high speed without generating any more heat in the tirethan in a pneumatic, while the tire'is, of'course, absolutely free from punctures, blow-outs, and the like, and the very long time.

It is preferred to into the shoe 4 so tightly, with reference to the normal loadwhich the automobile is expected to bear,fthat the flattening of the filler section which bears the load is sub,- stantially taken up by the stretched or elongated part of the said filler section. It can be readily seen that the sections 5 them wedge the sections 5 V selves could'bear directly upon the ground I by being suitably secured 'to the felly of the wheel thus avoiding all need of the shoe 4. v I

The coils of the springs 8 are of such pitch, that when under normal load, the pressure of the resilient sections 5,,i's not sufiicient to fill up the spaces between the coils. I

WVhat I claim is I I v 1. In a resilient tire, the combination of a casing and a plurality of fillingmembers tightly'wedged into the said casing so that each filling member assumes the contour of -the said casing,'each filling member being made of rubber a shape having which is smaller curvature of the said casingso that the peripheral portion of each member is tensed and its felly portion iscompressed when it is wedged into said casing, the said filling members having borestherein and having their adjacent faces tightly compressed against each other, each said bore having a metal member located therein which canbe easily distorted so that each said filling membercan readily assumeha shape similar to the circumference ,of the said metal members being substantially in.- compressible' in the radial direction.

2. In a resilient tire, a plurality of resilient sections embodying soft resilient ma terial and means for maintaining the said sections tightly pressed against each other, the peripheral portions of the said material being-maintained elongated so as to be bores having springs located therein, the

said material being capable of resisting shearing stresses and the said springs being free from tension.-

3. In a resilient terial and means for maintaining thexsaid sectlons tightly pressed against each other, the peripheral portions of the said material tire, a plurality of resilient sections embodying soft resilient. ma-

said casing,'the l as to be .under being maintained elongated so as to be under a tension, and the telly portions being maintained compressed so as to be under pressure, the said sections having bores which communicate With each other, the said bores having springs located therein, the said springs having a series of coils which are substantially rigid in a direction at right angles to the axes of the said bores, the said material being capable of resisting shearing stresses.

4:. In combination, a cover adapted to be held to the telly of a Wheel, and a resilient filling for the said cover, said filling comprising a series of bored sections of normal cylindircal shape and made of soft resilient material, said sections having their adja cent faces tightly in contact with each other and having their peripheral parts conforming to the shape of the said cover so as to be elongated and subjected to tension, the said sections having their inner parts in conformity with the said cover so as to be compressed, and coil springs located in the bores of the said sections Which communicate With each other throughout the said tire, the said coil springs being substantially incompressible in a direction at right angles to the axes of the said bores, the said material being capable of resisting shearing stresses.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JACOB STANDER. 

